INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION ISSUES NOTICE: LARGE DIAMETER GRAPHITE ELECTRODES FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: PRELIMINARY AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION OF SALES AT LESS THAN FAIR VALUE AND PRELIMINARY AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- International Trade Administration has issued a notice called: Large Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 30 by Scot Fullerton, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.

Summary: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that large diameter graphite electrodes (LDGE) from the People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigati...